"The Wiz," a classic rite of passage in Black American homes for generations, this take on “The Wizard of Oz” first debuted ...

'The Wizard of Oz' at Sphere comes to Las Vegas Sphere starting Aug. 28. The immersive show takes audience members to Kansas, Yellow Brick Road, Munchkinland, Emerald City and Oz.

The Yellow Brick Road is a well-traveled one. Since Judy Garland donned the ruby slippers and first skipped down it in the 1939 film adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s novel The Wizard of Oz ...

Popular on Variety 1.) Yes, It Uses AI The 1939 version of “The Wizard of Oz” was made for a much, much smaller screen than the 160,000-foot one that the Sphere holds.

We have faith. The Wizard may have had no power of magic, but the story does. We’ve been on a journey that none of us can ever forget. This typescript has brought us halfway there.

Pratchett’s debut Discworld novel introduces Rincewind the cowardly wizard and Twoflower the oblivious tourist. Their misadventures take them across a surreal fantasy world that parodies Tolkien ...

Google gives ‘The Wizard of Oz’ an AI refresh as it heralds a new paradigm in immersive storytelling at the Las Vegas Sphere A partnership between Google Cloud, Sphere, Magnopus, and Warner ...

But a collaboration between Google’s Cloud and DeepMind research divisions didn’t only rely on off-the-shelf AI-upscaling techniques to create a new version of The Wizard of Oz with enough ...

Sphere Entertainment, the company behind the venue, worked on the project with Google, Magnopus and Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns The Wizard of Oz rights.

Following last week's announcement that the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz is being reimagined for Las Vegas' iconic 16K LED screen spherical theater, set to open on August 28, Google is now giving ...

The 1939 original “Wizard of Oz,” starring Judy Garland as the iconic character Dorothy, will be presented as a fully immersive experience for Sphere, in collaboration with Warner Bros ...

Sphere Entertainment Co. will launch The Wizard of Oz at Sphere this August, marking the $2 billion arena’s first foray into licensed content. The show will be based around the original 1939 ...